PoliticalVeto2026-05-17🇺🇸

US Senate ruling jeopardizes Trump ballroom federal funding

source: Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough -> target: U.S. Senate Republicans

On 2026-05-17, the US Senate parliamentarian ruled that Senate Republicans could not include $1 billion for Donald Trump's proposed White House ballroom in a reconciliation bill. The ruling blocks the funding provision and affects GOP efforts to use taxpayer money for the project.

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